2019 Jacksonville mayoral election

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Turnout

24%^[1]


Candidate	Lenny Curry	Anna Brosche
Party	Republican	Republican
Popular vote	84,545	35,404
Percentage	57.62%	24.13%


Candidate	Omega Allen	Jim Hill
Party	Independent	Republican
Popular vote	15,453	11,056
Percentage	10.53%	7.54%

Mayor before election

Lenny Curry
Republican

Elected Mayor

Lenny Curry
Republican

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The 2019 Jacksonville mayoral election was held on March 19, 2019, to elect the mayor of Jacksonville. Incumbent mayor Lenny Curry won a majority of votes to win a second term in office.^[2]

Candidates

Republican Party

Declared

Lenny Curry, incumbent mayor^[3]
Anna Brosche, member of Jacksonville City Council^[4]
Jimmy Hill, small business owner and president of International Association of Fire Fighters Local 2622^[5]

Democratic Party

While Democratic candidates did declare their candidacy, no Democratic candidates qualified for the mayoral election in 2019.

Declared

Doreszell Cohen, founder of Citizens for Criminal Justice Reform^[6]
Yolanda Thornton, small business owner^[7]

Declined

Alvin Brown, former mayor of Jacksonville^[8]
Garrett Dennis, member of Jacksonville City Council^[5]^[9]

Independents

Declared

Omega Allen
Connell Crooms, nonprofit director^[10]
Vishaun Grissett, independent consultant^[11]

Results

Election results^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lenny Curry (incumbent)	84,545	57.62
	Republican	Anna Lopez Brosche	35,404	24.13
	Independent	Omega Allen	15,453	10.53
	Republican	Jim Hill	11,056	7.54
	Write-in		263	0.18
Total votes			146,721	100.00

References

^ Harding, Jim Piggott, Ashley (Mar 20, 2019). "Turnout in Jacksonville election nearly 25%". WJXT. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
^ Bauerlein, David (March 19, 2019). "Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry wins re-election outright". The Florida Times-Union. Jacksonville, Florida. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
^ Gancarski, A.G. (May 7, 2018). "Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry quietly launches re-election campaign". Jacksonville Politics. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
^ "Anna Brosche challenges Mayor Lenny Curry". Florida Times Union. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Adan, Abukar (November 20, 2018). "Republican Jimmy Hill Announces Candidacy For Jacksonville Mayor". WJCT. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
^ Gancarski, A.G. (May 2, 2018). "Jax mayor's race finally heats up". Folio Weekly Magazine. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
^ "As the recount carries on, Democratic Candidate for Mayor, Yolanda Thornton, hopes that the "BLUE-VAL" effect will last until Spring". The Florida Times-Union. November 14, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
^ Piggott, Jim (December 12, 2018). "More political ads coming: Jacksonville's mayoral race is next". www.news4jax.com. WJXT. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
^ Gancarski, A.G. (November 19, 2018). "Rhetoric heats up ahead of Jacksonville mayoral race". Florida Politics. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
^ Gancarski, A.G. (April 27, 2018). "'Jax 5' protester Connell Crooms launches run for Jacksonville Mayor". Florida Politics. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
^ Benk, Ryan (June 12, 2018). "Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry Gets Business Backing For Reelection". Florida Politics. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
^ "2019 Duval First Election Unofficial Results". Duval County Supervisor of Elections. Retrieved March 19, 2019.

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